Manifolding sales-book.



H. P. BROWN.

MANIFOLDING SALES BOOK.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 20,1915.

Patented Oct. 31, 1916.

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' or cover is HORACE BROWN, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TOPACIFIC-BURT COMPANY, LIMITED, 015 TORONTO, CANADA, A CORPORATION OF THEPROVINCE OF ONTARIO,

CANADA.

I,202,'Idtlt MANIFOLDING SALES-BOOK.

Patented Oct. 3f, Itlffi.

Application filed July 20, 1915. Serial No. 40,835.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, HORACE P. BROWN, a citizen of theIlnited States,residing at Oakland, in the .county of Alameda and State of California,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ManifoldingSales-Books, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same. i

My present invention relates to salesbooks, and has particularreferenceto' covers properly designed for so-called continuous books, in which asheetis folded zigzag into sets of originals and duplicates betweenwhich a carbon is to be disposed when in use. The invention is notlimited, however, to this form of book, as it may well be ap-' plied toothers, as will be apparent after the description is read.

The principal drawback to the use of the continuous book has been thedificulty of-providing a satisfactory cover. In general these covershave spri'n clips or clamps both at the top and at the bottom, the clipat one end of the book being arranged to'hold. a carbon sheet; in actualoperation the carbon sheet often tears out on account of its stickynature, making it adhere to the'slips as they are torn away, and theclip or clamp does not always hold it securely. In addition, if theclerk drops the book and it happens to strike in a particular way, oneor both of the clamps will release, and it will spring out, so that ithas to be carefully reassembled; while the loading of the cover with anew pad or book is difficult because the .two spring clamps have thesame time.

To obviate the troubles which Ihave just described, I have provided thenew form of cover herein illustrated and described. In my invention,after the sheet forming the pad is folded, I punch two perforations,preferably adjacent to one end of pad, and upon the cover or back Iprovide two posts which fit in the perforations. A clamp or spring clipof common form is also provided adjacent to the posts. The book loadedby lifting the clamp,

passing the perforated pad of sheets over the posts, and releasing theclamp. To provide for'the difficulties pertaining to the use of such tobe manipulated at the foldedthe ordinary carbon paper with clamps ofthls character, I tack the carbon paper to a sheet of strawboard ofproper size, and

place it under the pad before the latter is .put in position; the sheetof strawboard or pasteboard is perforated to fit over the posts.

The accompanying drawings show an em bodiment of the invention justdescribed.

In them Figure l is a perspective of the completed salesbook with partof the cover cut away, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation with part of thespring clamp removed.

In the drawings, A is the back of the book, provided with a flange A atone end thereof.

B is the cover, and-Cis the usual flexible hinge, in the present caseprovided with a pencil holder G which may or may not be employed asdesired.

D is the clamp, which is a spring clamp of common form well-known inthis connectlon.

E E are the posts to which- I have referred. In the book from which thedrawings were made, there are two of these posts, and they are shownrounded at the top. They may be secured to the back in any desiredmanner, and there may beany required number of them according to the useto which the book is to be put. In verywide books, more than two may bedesirable, and

in very narrow books one might: be sufi-' cient.

II shows theuppei leaf of the zigzag con to a backing sheet F ofp'asteboard or straw- Any suitable board, being stitched at f.

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form of attachment may be used It be understood of course that the'sheetF is. perforated to correspond with the'posts E E so that the book maybe easily assembled. Obviously the posts may be disposed in anyconvenient position upon the back.

The device is assembled 'by lifting the clamp D, placing the carbonbacking sheet F over the posts, inserting the folded pad in place overthe posts which are disposed in its perforations, releasing the clampwhich presses down the pad into positlon, after which the carbon sheet Gis disposed be gage said tween'two of the leaves in a well-known manner.The sheets of the pad have the usual weakened lines at or about thefolds therein, and when a transaction has been recorded the upper sheetH is grasped and lifted slightly and pulled out from under the clamp.This releases the duplicate sheet also and permits the succeedingoriginal to be raised for. allowing the carbon sheet to d\rop intoposition for the next transaction The original and duplicate leaves arethen torn off and the carbon restored to its position. I

The manner of applyingthe invention to books of other character, such aswellknown triplicates and pads having'stubs,

etc., will be readily apparent from the fore going description.

Having described my invention, whatI claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1 In a manifolding salesbook, in combination, a back, posts securedthereto, a pad having openings registering with said posts, a clampsecured to said back to enpad between said posts and the adjacent endofsaid pad, a carbon sheet,

V and a backing sheet therefor having openlying said pad.

2. In a manifolding salesbook, in combination,'a back, a flange at oneend thereof, posts at the other end thereof, a pad having perforationsregistering with said posts, and a spring clamp disposed to act on lngs'registering with said posts and undersaid pad between said posts and theadjacent end of said padfor holding the latter in position.

3. In a manifold'ingsalesbook, a back, a

flange upon one end of the back, posts secured to the back near the endopposite the flange, a pad having perforations registering with theposts, a spring'clamp. holding the pad in place, the "cl'amplocated uponthe back toact between the'posts and the adjacent end of the pad,-acarbon sheet, a back- 'ingsheet to which the carbon sheet is atmovementof leaves over tached, and perforations in the backing sheet registeringwith the posts.

4.- In a manifolding salesbook, a back, a pad composed of a sheet foldedzigzag, means for detachably positioning the pad with res'pect to theback comprising a post engaging the pad, such post permitting theremoval of the leaves of the pad thereover as desired, and a springclamp pressing the folded sheet toward the back between such post andone end of the pad.-

In a manifolding salesbook, in combination, a back, pad-positioningmeans thereon comprising a post and a clamp, and a pad composed ofleaves arran'ged zig-zag and perforated near one end,-the perforationsengaging said post, said clamp pressing said pad toward said back at apoint permitting movement of leaves over the outerend of said postduring said pressure of said clamp.

6. In amanifolding salesbook, in combination, a back, pad positioningmeans thereon comprising a post and a clamp, a pad composed of leavesarranged zig-zag and perforated near one end, the perforations engagingsaid post, said clamp pressing said pad toward said back at a pointpermitting the outer end of said post. during said pressure of saidclamp, a carbon sheet, and a backing sheet to which the carbon sheet isattached, the backing'sheet having a perforation registering with saidpost.

7. In a salesbook, in combination, a back having spaced posts thereon, apad to rest on said back and having spaced openings to receive saidposts, and a yieldable clamp carried by said back and'engaging said padHORACE P. BROWN.

Witnesses:

CLARENCE L. JOHNSTON,

CHAs. N. CHAMPION.

